It's Bubble Time!
It's bubble time in Day 1b of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event. There are 24 players remaining and 23 players will make it through to Day 2 and into the money. Play is now hand for hand.
It's bubble time in Day 1b of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event. There are 24 players remaining and 23 players will make it through to Day 2 and into the money. Play is now hand for hand.
Action was on the turn on a board of 8♥7♥4♦9♦. Anh Do was all in against Johny Mendes. Chip stacks were near even, but Anh Do had a few more, meaning Mendes was at risk of busting the bubble. Players flipped their cards.
Johny Mendes: 6♣5♠
Anh Do: Q♥10♥
Mendes had a straight and Do had a flush draw and straight draw. The tournament director gave the instruction for the rest of the hand to be dealt. The dealer turned the river card, which was the 8♣.
Mendes held up and Do was reduced to just a single big blind.
The next hand, Do was in the big blind with his chips in the middle. Omer Smidt raised to 13,000 from middle position and all other players folded. Do was already all in and so players flipped their cards.
Anh Do: J♥2♣
Omar Smidt: A♦J♦
The board ran out A♥9♣K♦4♠6♥. Smidt hit a pair of aces on the flop and held up while Do was eliminated on the bubble.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Johny Mendes | 300,000 | |
Omer Smidt |
120,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
Anh Do | Eliminé |
The final 23 players are now bagging and tagging for the day.
Stay tuned for a recap of Day 1b of Event #1: €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Frederik Johansen | 423,000 | |
|
||
Iliodoros Kamatakis |
395,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Johny Mendes |
321,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Oskar Massesson |
312,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
David Ceranic |
309,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
Sergi Miralles |
308,000
308,000
|
308,000 |
Yves Sanchez |
227,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
Victor Pertile |
225,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Esteban Garcia |
220,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Alexandre Mitjavila
|
219,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
Andres Korn |
192,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
|
||
Manuel Martin Ballesteros |
188,000
188,000
|
188,000 |
David Benichou |
162,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
Robert Sanchez Callol |
155,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
Mads Underbjerg |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
[Removed:432] |
147,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
Marco Sposito |
146,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
Kamel Boukhalfa |
128,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
Antonio Poncio |
120,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
Michal Schuh |
119,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
Julio Sanchez |
115,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Omer Smidt |
100,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Jorge Arias Ortega |
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
Day 1b of Event #1: €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event has been played to its conclusion here at Casino Barcelona half way through Level 16 with Frederik Johansen emerging as the chip leader after bagging up 423,000 in chips.
Johansen has $81,592 in live-tournament earnings — the bulk of which came from winning a Munkebjerg Poker Tour event back in 2022 for 538,340kr. Johansen was the only player to bag over 400,000 in Day 1b and is in prime position to make a deep run in the event.
Not far behind is Iliodoros Kamatakis, who managed to crack Andreas Samuelsson's pocket queens with pocket jacks toward the end of the day to score a large pot and end with 395,000.
Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Frederik Johansen | Denmark | 423,000 |
2 | Iliodoros Kamatakis | Greece | 395,000 |
3 | Johny Mendes | Brazil | 321,000 |
4 | Oskar Massesson | Denmark | 312,000 |
5 | David Ceranic | Croatia | 309,000 |
6 | Sergi Miralles | Spain | 308,000 |
7 | Yves Sanchez | France | 227,000 |
8 | Victor Pertile | Brazil | 225,000 |
9 | Esteban Garcia | Argentina | 220,000 |
10 | Alexandre Mitjavila | Spain | 219,000 |
Day 1b began with 27 players and that number steadily rose throughout the day until reaching a total of 155 players by the time late registration ended. With just 15 percent of the field making Day 2, that meant play concluded when the field got down to 23 players. The Day 2 bubble burst after Anh Do lost back-to-back hands against Welker Johny Mendes De Medeiros. All 23 players have made the money for securing a Day 2 berth and the amount won (so far) will depend on how many players register through all starting flights.
Some notables who entered but busted short of Day 2 include Philip Joyce, Marcello Miniucchi, Antoine Labat, and Dan Heimiller, who also entered Day 1a but has been unable to gain any lasting momentum thus far.
Any players who didn't make it to Day 2 still have multiple chances as Event #1: €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event still has six starting flights left. The next starting flight is Day 1c, which will begin at 12:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, August 22. Day 2 will commence on August 25.
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€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Jour 1b terminé